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70 & Pregnant: Why a TLC Show Made Me Reconsider How I Feel About Older Parents

I have always scoffed at those (men and women) who have children in their 50s or 60s. It seemed unbelievably unfair to the child who had a much higher chance of being orphaned before adulthood or worse spending their childhood taking care of elderly parents.  But a special on TLC (home of Honey Boo Boo and Toddlers in Tiaras) actually made me question my preconceived notions.

I have always scoffed at those (men and women) who have children in their fifties and sixties.  And then I watched 70 & Pregnant.

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All In: North Dakota Anti-Choicers Seek Heartbeat Bans, Human Life Amendments, TRAP Laws, and More

The last clinic in North Dakota that provides abortions. (NRL News.)

When your state legislature only meets every other year, you apparently work twice as fast at eliminating abortion access all together.

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Inter-American Court Approves Access to IVF in Costa Rica

In Vitro trial at the Inter-American Court of Human Rigts. Photo: Ticotimes.net.

Last month, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a final ruling in favor of the right to access in vitro fertilization (IVF) in Costa Rica. This is a win for women and Catholics and a blow to the bishops and conservatives who want to deny individuals the right to decide whether and when to have children.

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What “Personhood” Means for In-Vitro Fertilization

Thomas A. Nairn. Dan Z. Johnson/CHAUSA.

A new study suggests a way to make IVF more successful. But if a “personhood” law ever passed, it would be difficult to do.

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New Hampshire’s HB 217 May (Inadvertently?) Make Infertility Services in the State Scarce

A change in a proposed bill in New Hampshire may leave infertile women and couples seeking in-vitro fertilization with few options.

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Inevitable: Anti-Choicers Now Protesting At Fertility Clinics

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Will they have signs that read “Don’t Create Your Child?”

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The “Elective” Selective Reduction

In general, I have no issue with selective reduction during IVF.  But this article even made me pause for a moment.

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Roundup: Trump Believes in Right to Privacy, But Doesn’t See How it Relates to Abortion

An empty women’s shelter built by the U.S. military in Kyrgyzstan; three-parent IVF is a possibility; Boehner hires a DOMA attorney; and Donald Trump doesn’t see the relationship between a right to privacy and abortion.

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Halting Second Trimester Abortions in Catholic Hospitals?

Whose rights are being protected when Catholic hospitals halt second trimester abortions for women who come in with anti-choice activists seeking care?

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Morning Roundup: Chris Smith Redefines Rape

Women who use IVF at a higher risk for maternal mortality, Rand Paul can’t decide who’s a person, and Rep. Chris Smith’s anti-abortion bill tries to redefine rape.

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